Focus Features announced Thursday that the film, based on the erotic novel by E.L. James, is set to hit theaters August 1, 2014.
A director, Sam Taylor-Johnson ("Nowhere Boy"), was chosen last week, but everyone wants know who will play the virginal Anastasia Steele and her controlling billionaire lover, Christian Grey.
Last year, writer Kelly Marcel was selected to write the screenplay adaption of the book by British author Erika Leonard, who wrote the novel under the pen name E L James. Marcel is also known for her work on the Amblin/FOX-TV series “Terra Nova.”
“Fifty Shades of Grey” relates a young woman’s sexually explicit liaisons with the young billionaire. The story is part of a trilogy.
The trilogy has been translated in 45 languages and sold more than 32 million copies in the United States.
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